Precede
/prɪˈsiːd/noun
To come or go before something else in time, order, or position.
Did you know?Precede comes from Latin praecedere, literally “to go before,” built from prae- (“before”) + cedere (“to go, yield”), the same root behind words like cede, recede, and secede.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ked-
“to go, yield, step away”
Latin
Latin
cedere
“to go, move, yield”
Latin
Latin
praecedere
“to go before, precede”
Old French
Old French
preceder
“to go before”
Middle English
English
preceden
“to come before in time or rank”
Modern English
English
precede
“to come or go before something else”